Compositions and Methods for Generating a Persisting Population of T Cells Useful for the Treatment of Cancer

摘要

The present invention provides compositions and methods for generating a genetically modified T cells comprising a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) having an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a costimulatory signaling region, and a CD3 zeta signaling domain, wherein the T cell exhibits prolonged exponential expansion in culture that is ligand independent and independent of the addition of exogenous cytokines or feeder cells.

主权项

1. An isolated nucleic acid sequence encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), wherein the CAR comprises an antigen binding domain, a hinge domain, a transmembrane domain, a costimulatory signaling region, and a CD3 zeta signaling domain, and further wherein when the CAR is transduced into a T cell, the CAR contributes to at least one of: increased antigen-independent activation of the transduced T cell, increased mean cell volume (MCV) of the transduced T cell, increased cell population expansion of the transduced T cell, increased proliferation of the transduced T cell, increased numbers of progeny of the transduced T cell, increased effector cytokine secretion, sustained expression of granzyme, increased persistence of the transduced T cell population in vitro, or increased persistence of the transduced T cell population in vivo.